Murder-Suicide Stuns Family, Friends
Monday, June 10, 2013
Lehigh Acres, FL: Maple Avenue South in Lehigh Acres and the surrounding neighborhood were quiet Tuesday. It was a far different scene Monday night and into the early morning when dozens of distraught people took to the streets after learning of an incident that left a woman and her ex-boyfriend dead and the woman’s son injured with a gunshot wound. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office identified the deceased as Romie Franklin Jr., 50, and Laverne James, 48. » more at MarcoIslandFlorida.com
Investigators Looking into Possible Murder-Suicide of Newlywed Fresno Couple
Monday, June 10, 2013
Fresno, CA: Police are looking into a possible murder-suicide that left a woman dead in a Fresno apartment and her new husband dead in Southern California. The body of 40-year-old Santiago Flores was found inside a car in a parking lot in Montclair, Calif. in San Bernardino County on Monday morning. Investigators in Montclair have said that the death was a suicide. The car Flores was found in was registered to his wife, 44-year-old Christina Flores, of Fresno. » more at CrimeVoice.com
UH Professor Identified As Victim Of Fatal Stiletto Stabbing
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Houston, TX: On Monday afternoon, police released the identity of a man who was found fatally stabbed with a stiletto heel early Sunday morning. The stabbing took place inside of his high-rise condo in the Museum District. Monday afternoon, the Houston Police Department revealed that Alf Stefan Andersson, 59, a research professor at the University of Houston’s Biology and Biochemistry Department, was found dead just before 4 a.m. in his condo, located on Hermann Drive. » more at CBS Houston
Man Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Then Commits Suicide
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Philadelphia, PA: A man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in Prospect Park Sunday and then drove to Philadelphia and killed himself, leaving the couple's daughter orphaned, according to neighbors and law enforcement. Anthony Serody, 38, of Folcroft, shot his former girlfriend three times after confronting her in her third-floor apartment on Fletcher Street, a quiet stretch of frame homes on the north side of Prospect Park. » more at Philly.com
Police: Hitchcock Couple Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Hitchcock, TX: Police are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide that happened Sunday. A woman returning home from work found her mother and father in a back room of a house in the 6400 block of North Ridgecrest Drive at about 6 p.m. » more at KHOU.com
Spanish Fork Father, Toddler Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Spanish Fork, UT: Spanish Fork investigators believe a 21-year-old man killed his toddler and then himself on Sunday night in the house he shared with his grandparents. Police responding to a 911 call from the man's sister found the bodies of Bryson Drew and two-year-old Chanse Drew shortly before 9 p.m. in the home at 826 South Fox Hill Drive. Bryson was found in the basement with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and Chanse in a bedroom with "a lot of blunt force trauma to the body," according to Lt. Matt Johnson of Spanish Fork police. » more at KUTV.com
East St. Louis Woman Charged with Stabbing Husband in Back, Killing Him
Saturday, June 8, 2013
East St. Louis, IL: An East St. Louis woman has been charged with stabbing her husband in the back and killing him. Tammy M. Carpenter, 44, of the 2900 block of Waverly Avenue, was charged Sunday with first-degree murder. She is being held in the St. Clair County Jail in lieu of a $1 million bail. East St. Louis Detective Lamar Martin said she called 911 shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday to report that she and her husband, Jerome Carpenter, 58, had been fighting and that he had fallen on a knife. » more at STLToday.com
Murdered Mayfield Heights Woman Was Beaten and Strangled, Husband Committed Suicide
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Mayfield Heights, OH: Results of an autopsy showed a man apparently beat and strangled his wife before killing himself in Mayfield Heights over the weekend. Police actually went to Pamela Mays’ home Sunday evening on Golden Gate Boulevard between Mayfield Road and Maplewood Road to tell her about her husband’s death – and found her dead inside. » more at NewsNet5.com
Woman Charged in Fatal Hotel Stabbing
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Colerain, OH: Colerain Township police have charged a woman with Saturday's fatal stabbing at a hotel on Colerain Avenue. Shanice Shade was arrested for unrelated outstanding warrants after police saw her leave the hotel with her two children after the stabbing occurred. Shade is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center. Her attorney said Shade had been injured when she was struck in the head before the stabbing. Police identified the victim as Rico Starkey, 31. » more at WLWT.com
Vallejo Police Kill Armed Man Suspected of Slaying Wife
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Vallejo, CA: Vallejo police shot and mortally wounded a man Saturday afternoon who allegedly shot his wife to death in an alley. The suspect later died at a hospital, police said. Vallejo police spokesman Lt. Lee Horton said the woman, Nadia Duwebi, 49, was apparently shot by her husband, Mohammed Naas, 57, about 1:30 p.m. in Quincy Alley in the 800 block of Butte Street near Tennessee Street. Witnesses said they heard multiple shots ring out and police were called. » more at TimesHeraldOnline.com
$100K Bond Set for Wife Accused of Murdering Husband With Her Car
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Gautier, MS: Gautier police have charged a Moss Point woman with the murder of a Pascagoula man. Witnesses told police they saw a woman intentionally strike Justin Gary Stork, 24, of Pascagoula, with her vehicle. Police also said Krystal Kersey, 25, was seen leaving the scene. Kersey has been charged with murder. » more at SunHerald.com
Jackson Man Denied Bond in Pregnant Girlfriend's Death
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Jackson, MS: A 20-year-old Jackson man arrested in the death of his girlfriend has been denied bond at his initial court appearance. Octavious Morrison is charged with capital murder in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, 17-year-old Octavia Shunta Love, but Monday he said the shooting was accidental. Morrison first told police Love was playing with a rifle Saturday when the gun fired. » more at ClarionLedger.com
Woman Arrested After Death of Oklahoma City Man
Friday, June 7, 2013
Oklahoma City, OK: A woman whose on-again, off-again boyfriend was found dead in a sleeping bag in southwest Oklahoma City has been arrested on a murder complaint, police said Tuesday. Jennifer Timmons, 31, of Oklahoma City, was arrested in the death of Jeffrey Ray Lane, 29. Lane's body was found about 5:15 p.m. Friday stuffed in a sleeping bag near a trash bin at 1113 W Interstate 240 Service Road. » more at NewsOK.com
Co-Workers of Woman Killed in Murder-Suicide 'Heart-Broken'
Friday, June 7, 2013
New Castle, DE: The state Medical Examiner's Office released the results of autopsies conducted on a Rutledge couple who were found dead Friday that revealed the husband - a Christiana Fire Company official - killed his wife before he turned the gun on himself. Karen Troiani, 42, died at the hands of her husband Jack, 41, in the home they shared in the 100 block of Sweetbay Lane. » more at Delaware Online
Hatfield Murder Victim Thought Husband Was ‘Planning Something’
Friday, June 7, 2013
Hatfield, PA: In the months leading up to Mona Elswedy Mitwalli’s fatal stabbing, some of those closest to the 30-year-old Hatfield mother of two warned her that her husband, Walid, was capable of the worst, police said. “He is going to kill you,” the couple’s nanny — who looked after their 5-year-old twin daughters — told Mitwalli back in April, according to court documents. During the same week, documents show, Mitwalli’s mother implored her to “be careful and not to talk back to Walid” after Mitwalli told her that he was “planning something” but did not know what it was, so she started sleeping alongside her children in a separate room with the door locked. » more at The Mercury
Friends Say 'Sunny' Was a Gentle Soul
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Mankato, MN: They called her Sunny. "That name was just perfect for her," said Mark Hanel, remembering his 20-year-old friend Yesenia Gonzalez. Gonzalez was murdered last week in a brutal attack at her Mankato home. Her attacker cut her throat and fled, leaving Gonzalez to desperately seek help from her husband and father-in-law before bleeding to death. The attacker also assaulted Gonzalez's husband, Galo Buccio. » more at Mankato Free Press
Pregnant Woman, Her Fiance Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Columbus, OH: A 21-year-old pregnant woman and her fiance died in an apparent murder-suicide at their Far West Side apartment yesterday. Columbus police identified the two last night as Julia Bunch and Zacharie D. Wolf. They were found dead after officers were called to the apartment at 452 Trinity Marsh about 11:30 a.m. » more at Dispatch.com
Ex-Boyfriend Arrested, Charged With Murder of East Orange Prom Queen
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
East Orange, NJ: The hunt for the ex-boyfriend of an East Orange prom queen found shot to death in her bedroom came to a close today, when a federal task force captured the 18-year-old inside a Newark apartment, officials said. Al-Muqqadin Means faces murder charges in the death of 17-year-old Aquilla Flood, a college-bound senior who would have graduated from high school this Saturday, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray. » more at NJ.com
Queens NYPD Cop Shoots Wife to Death Then Kills Self
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Queens, NY: An off-duty NYPD officer fatally blasted his wife with a shotgun on their Queens street, then went inside and turned the weapon on himself in a horrific murder-suicide Wednesday, police sources and witnesses said. Sherlon Smikle, 33, blasted Lana Morris four times outside the family's Camden Blvd. home in St. Albans around 7:35 p.m., sources and witnesses said. He then walked inside and took his own life with a single slug to the head. » more at New York Daily News
